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History and Governments of East Asia and Southeast Asia
Term | Definition |
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dynasty | line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time |
porcelain | high-quality kind of pottery that can be very thin and is covered with a shiny coating |
census | a count of the number of people living in an area or country |
novel | long fictional story |
shogun | military leader who ruled Japan in early times |
samurai | powerful land-owning warrior in Japan |
sphere of influence | an area of a country where a single foreign power has been granted exclusive trading right |
free port | place where goods ca be unloaded, stored, and shipped again without payment of import taxes |
emerge | to become known |
dominate | control |